1560
Years:
1557
1558
1559
-
1560
-
1561
1562
1563
Decades
:
1530s
1540s
1550s
-
1560s
-
1570s
1580s
1590s
Centuries
:
15th century
-
16th century
-
17th century
Events
The first tulip bulb was brought from
Turkey
to the
Netherlands
.
July 6
-
Treaty of Edinburgh
between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the "
Auld Alliance
" between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbor.
August 17
- the
Roman Church
is overthrown and
Protestantism
was established as the national religion in Scotland.
Jean Nicot
introduces
tobacco
in the form of
snuff
to the French court.
Solihull School
was founded.
Births
January 17
-
Gaspard Bauhin
,
botanist
August 7
-
Elizabeth Bathory
, Hungarian
serial killer
Andrea Andreani
, Italian artist (possibly in
1540
)
Deaths
April 19
-
Philipp Melancthon
, German
theologian
December 5
-
Francis II of France
Marriages